Title :
Design of antennas with spatial diversity for WiMAX terminals on a high-speed train
Author :
Huang, Chi-Fang ; Tien, Yu-Wei ; Tsai, Chang-Lan
Author_Institution :
Grad. Inst. of Commun. Eng., Tatung Univ., Taipei, Taiwan
Abstract :
This paper presents design of sets of wideband antenna for being installed on the train car of Taiwan High Speed Rail (THSR). As terminal antennas, these antennas function wireless communication with the Base Stations (BS) of WiMAX along the rail when the train is running. Also, they work in a wideband and in a way of spatial diversity to ensure stable data transmission. One set is based on microstrip antenna technology and the other one is of monopole-like antenna. In addition to the simulated and measured performance of antennas, the field test data is also described.
Keywords :
WiMax; broadband antennas; data communication; diversity reception; microstrip antennas; monopole antennas; rails; railway communication; telecommunication terminals; THSR; Taiwan high speed rail; WiMAX terminal; antennas function wireless communication; base station; data transmission; microstrip antenna; monopole antenna; spatial diversity; terminal antenna; train car; wideband antenna; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Broadband antennas; Loss measurement; Microstrip; Microstrip antennas; WiMAX; 4G; High-Speed Rail; Microstrip Antenna; Spatial Diversity; WiMAX; Wideband;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation in Wireless Communications (APWC), 2012 IEEE-APS Topical Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cape Town
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0404-7
DOI :
10.1109/APWC.2012.6324910
